The Physiology of man v.2, 1874, Volumen2

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Appleton, 1875
 

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Página 185 - It arises by thick, fleshy masses from the sides of the thyroid and cricoid cartilages of the larynx. The inferior fibres curve backward, and the superior fibres, backward and upward, to meet in the median raphe. The muscles which form the fleshy portions of the soft palate are likewise important in deglutition. The levator palati, a long muscle of considerable thickness, arises from the apex of the petrous portion of the temporal bone and the adjacent cartilaginous portion of the Eustac-hian tube...

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